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in this video, Warren shows you all about google assistant routines and we comment about it.

Welcome to Episode 68 of the “Blind Android Users,” recorded on March 26, 2022. Get the scoop on what we have in store for you in episode 68.

Welcome to Episode 68: Apps settings continued This week, we continue our look at more google assistant stuff with Talkback. Announcements • Your co-hosts discuss the 75th anniversary and encouraged folks to start registering by sending email to: gbaupodcast@gmail.com • Our website is down, we ask you to bear with us while we fix it and for the meantime, You can still access our great content via your podcatcher of choice or on our Youtube channel. Android basics With the never-ending features of the Google Assistant, this week, we showed you three more items: • Ed shows you how to choose your podcast provider on the Assistant. • Warren shows you: • Communication and • Shortcuts. Android Spotlight: Our special guests from “RealSam”, Sharon and Brendan, chat with us about a phone designed especially for the blind called “RealSam.” CSR Kareen Kiwan demonstrates how to change sliders or activate the “lift-to-activate features on using Commentary screen reader.” App of the Week: By popular request, Warren demos the "Legere Reader," formally known as "Voicedream Reader." Talkback Highlights: Warren brings us instalment 30 from the theme of “Highlights from Talkback” and this time, is the gesture for pulling down the Notification shade. Staying in touch. Email us with suggestions or comments, contactus@blindandroidusers.com Send in your Android journey stories, myandroidjourney@blindandroidusers.com subscribe to our Email list, blindandroidusers+subscribe@groups.io join our Telegram group, https://t.me/+WNem1jjwjeXk3hYr follow us on Twitter, https://twitter.com/BlindDroidUsers subscribe to our Youtube channel youtube.com/blindandroidusers and join our Club on Clubhouse. https://www.joinclubhouse.com/club/blind-android-users

Talkback highlights. Warren brings us the next in his series demonstrating highlights from Talkback in which he starts a new series of exploring custom gestures.

in this video, we show you how to connect any braille display to android

in this video, we introduce the must have apps segment and talk about some of the problems of some currency readers/ recognizer apps

in this video, fei tells us how she got started with android and an interesting phone setup story.

Episode 45: Braille on Android This week, it is all about braille on Android with Talkback. This episode is presented by: Ed Green, Warren Carr, Austin Pinto, Mariam Mohsen and ana Gaza Announcements • We have crossed 25,000 plays. Thank you very much for listening! • We have a couple of special events coming up – our 50th episode in November and our 1-year anniversary in December. Why not join us by either filling in our form https://blindandroidusers.com/1-year-of-baup/ or sending us an email. contactus@blindandroidusers.com • Continue to check out our Youtube channel for extra content, including comprehensive demos of the apps we talk about. youtube.com/blindandroidusers • For short segments of this episode: check out this Youtube playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5iI0uwraRqrgKIojoU4xn5pXEtir1x2c • Doug continues his wonderful job of giving our website a much-needed overhaul. • If you need help with your own website, do visit his own site, arcaccessibility.info

My Android Journey Finally, we are joined by Billal Majeed who tells us all about his Android journey.

Episode 40: Text editors and Talkback This week, it’s all about text editors with Talkback. This episode is presented by: Edward, Austin, Warren, Doug Announcements • For short segments of this episode, please visit this playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5iI0uwraRqrHq2Gn_0B2j1Xd37cM5uzB • We have crossed 20,000 plays for the podcast, thank you so much for your support! • We are delighted that we have a second sponsor for the podcast, Gravity Forms. https://www.gravityforms.com/ If you have a Wordpress site, then Gravity Forms offers a hugely powerful set of tools for creating those Wordpress forms. • Doug continues his wonderful job of giving our website a much-needed overhaul. If you need help with your own website, do visit his own site, ARC Accessibility. arcaccessibility.info Android basics Our 16th app category is text editors and how well they work with Talkback. We discuss Google Keep https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.keep Notepad Free (which Warren demonstrates), https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.atomczak.notepat Simple Notes, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.angkorworld.memo Bundled Notes, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xaviertobin.noted Microsoft Word https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.office.word and Google Docs. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.docs.editors.docs Anna G demos Old School Editor. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.abhishek.oldschooleditor&hl=en_US&gl=US Commentary Mariam brings us the next episode in the series demonstrating the Commentary screen reader. https://github.com/nirenr/jieshuo/ she shows us the reading mode and selection menu and talks about alternative roter. App of the week Following on from our interview with Gleb last week, Ed gives an in-depth demonstration of the Voxmate app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.voxmate.voxmate Talkback Highlights Warren continues his series taking us through Talkback highlights. Tip of the week Kareen Kiwan provides a demonstration of dual app sounds and dual audio on Samsung phones. My Android Journey Finally, we are joined by Billal Majeed who tells us all about his Android journey. Staying in touch. Email us with suggestions or comments, contactus@blindandroidusers.com Send in your Android journey stories, myandroidjourney@blindandroidusers.com subscribe to our Email list, blindandroidusers+subscribe@groups.io join our Telegram group, https://t.me/ANATAD follow us on Twitter, https://twitter.com/BlindDroidUsers subscribe to our Youtube channel youtube.com/blindandroidusers and join our Club on Clubhouse. https://www.joinclubhouse.com/club/blind-android-users

in this video, we demo the free app Color Grab, this app has adds and you can remove it by purchasing the pro version. the free app can be installed from. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.loomatix.colorgrab

Thanks for joining us for episode 38. This week we delve into the world of TV streaming episodes with Talkback. This episode is presented by: • Ed Green • Warren Carr • Austin Pinto • Mariam Mohsen • Doug Cameron In this episode, we cover… Announcements • For short segments of this episodes please visit this play list https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5iI0uwraRqo3ohe3bl3IsaAb9YEynZge • We are delighted that many users have register to post guides on the website, please do so if you would like to submit content to us! • We have posted a number of How To guides to support this process, including how to register and log in https://blindandroidusers.com/how-to-register-and-log-in/ and use the contributor panel to post to the site https://blindandroidusers.com/how-to-using-the-contributor-panel/ along with rules for posting. https://blindandroidusers.com/rules-for-posting/ • We also have posted the first guide on talkback highlights part 1. https://blindandroidusers.com/highlights-from-talkback-entry1/ • We also have posted a guide for our sighted friends to help them stop talkback if started by mistake https://blindandroidusers.com/turned-on-talkback-by-mistake-no-worries-this-is-how-you-turn-it-off/ • Blind Android Users podcast co-host Ana Garza has released a new book on using Android from a blindness perspective, do check it out. https://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/AND-COMMAND-2ED.html?from_search=1

Thank you for joining us on Episode 29. This episode is presented by: • Ed Green • Warren Carr • Austin Pinto In this episode, we cover… Announcements • We have a much more user friendly Youtube URL. You can find us at https://www.youtube.com/blindandroidusers • Do subscribe to the channel and enable notifications as we post extra content which won’t fit on the podcast! Android basics Our fifth app category is OCR (Optical Character Recognition) apps, which enable us to read printed material on our phones. Warren prepared some printed text ahead of time, which he tested with Lookout by Google which can be installed from. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.accessibility.reveal Supersense which can be installed from. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mediate.supersense Speak! which can be installed from. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.toucan.speak&hl=en_GB&gl=US Sullivan+ which can be installed from. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tuat.kr.sullivan&hl=en_GB&gl=US KNFB Reader which can be installed from. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sensotec.knfbreader&hl=en_GB&gl=US and Legere Scanner which can be installed from. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.voicedream.scanner&hl=en_GB&gl=US In focus This week’s In Focus is one you’ll want to look out for, as we are privileged to be joined by Scot Adams and Zoe Ortiz from Google to talk all things Lookout! My Android Journey Finally, our Android Journey story this week comes from John Dyer. Staying in touch. Email us with suggestions or comments contactus@blindandroidusers.com Send in your Android journey stories myandroidjourney@blindandroidusers.com subscribe to our Email list blindandroidusers+subscribe@groups.io join our Telegram group https://t.me/ANATAD follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/BlindDroidUsers subscribe to our Youtube channel and join our Club on Clubhouse. https://www.joinclubhouse.com/club/blind-android-users

Thank you for joining us on Episode 19 This episode is presented by: • Warren Carr • Austin Pinto In this episode, we cover… Announcements • It is great to see so many people subscribing to the podcast via the podsite.io site. However, there are accessibility issues listening to us via this method, so you may prefer to listen through your podcatcher at choice or by visiting our Website. https://blindandroidusers.com/ as blindandroidusers.podsite.io is our backup site. • Austin has now finished the mammoth task of splitting out the content of all our previous podcast episodes and uploading them on Youtube, This means you can more easily find the particular items in which you’re most interested. • Several of the team will appear on RNIB Connect Radio’s Tech Talk show hosted by Steven Scott, which will air at 1:00 PM UK time, 8:00 AM Eastern, on Tuesday 20 April or you can catch up with it afterwards as a podcast. by visiting. https://audioboom.com/channel/techtalkpodcast Android basics This week, it is all about cameras. Austin and Warren talk about the default cameras included on Google, Samsung, and OnePlus phones. They also talk about an excellent third-party alternative, Open Camera. which can be installed from. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.sourceforge.opencamera In Focus This week, Warren gives us a comprehensive demonstration of the Google TV. https://store.google.com/us/config/chromecast_google_tv?hl=en-US App of the week This week Warren demonstrates the RSS reader, Plenary. this can be installed from. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spians.plenary My Android Journey Finally, our Android Journey story this week comes from Haimanot Habtie from Ethiopia. Staying in touch Email us with suggestions or comments. contactus@blindandroidusers.com Send in your Android journey stories. myandroidjourney@blindandroidusers.com subscribe to our Email list. blindandroidusers+subscribe@groups.io join our Telegram group. https://t.me/ANATAD follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/BlindDroidUsers and subscribe to our Youtube channel.

in this video. • Austin demos tor browser for android which can be installed from. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.torproject.torbrowser

Thank you for joining us on Episode 11. In this episode, we touched a little bit more on Android 12, especially on the fact that, the two-finger hold-down to enable accessibility upon booting up the phone has been removed, leaving only the two-volume key hold-down. This is a review of android 12 after using for 2 days. We were also delighted to report that Eloquence still works on the Android 12 Developer Preview 1 and all the apps that I, Warren has on my phone, including KNFB reader, surprisingly work. We also touched on the fact that in Android 12, for those who rely on magnification, there is now an option to only magnify portions of the screen or a given area on the screen. We then did a short demo of KNFB reader which surprisingly works on android 12 dp1. KNFB reader can be found at. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sensotec.knfbreader&hl=en_IN&gl=US Then for the app of the week section, we did a demo about National Park Service App Which can be found at. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gov.nps.mobileapp this app is only useful for people in the USA. About magnification, our guest, Pete Torking from the UK, demonstrated Keypass, a password management app and in the process, mentioned other password management apps, including sites that would let you know if one of your passwords have been compromised. These apps are: Keypass from: https://keepassxc.org/+ Keepass2:++ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=keepass2android.keepass2android "Syncthing:" https://syncthing.net/ when Pete did a demonstration of keypass and other apps, you will not hear talkback as he uses magnification. But he has given a detailed step by step description of what you should do. We will do a demo of these apps with talkback shortly. The conversation also touched on data breach sites that would let you know if your email is out there with your passwords and those sites are: "Have I Been Pwned" from: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ "Breach Directory" from: https://breachdirectory.tk/ Pete then proceeded to tell us about his Android Journey story. It was a joy having Pete and as always, we would love for you guys to come on live or via a recording and tell us your Android Journey stories. For questions, suggestions or comments, send us mail at: contactus@blindandroidusers.com To join our mailing list, send those "join requests" to: blindandroidusers_subscribe@groups.io If you have a recorded Android Journey story and want to share that with our listeners, then send those stories to: myandroidjourney@blindandroidusers.com You may follow us on twitter using our handle: @BlindDroidUsers We do have a Telegram group that you can join and share stories or whatever with our members at: https://t.me/ANATAD

in this video we talk about samsung dialer and a problem with CSR

In episode 5, we start off by talking about the just announced Samsung Galaxy S21, discussing what Samsung has done in removing the SDCard slot and following Apple's lead and not including the wall charging brick. We also talked about Facebook's walking back what it said about sharing data of users of its popular WhatsApp Messenger. That story has an update and can be read at: https://www.androidauthority.com/whatsapp-privacy-delay-1193458/ We then moved to the main section of the episode where we discuss a couple of WhatsApp alternatives--Signal and Telegram. Warren demoed the Signal app Signal is located at: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thoughtcrime.securesms&hl=en_US&gl=US While WhatsApp can be found at: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp&hl=en_US&gl=US Austin demonstrated the Telegram app at: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.telegram.messenger&hl=en_US&gl=US the beta version of Telegram app can be downloaded and sideloaded by joining this channel. t.me/tgfiles/11 unigram app for the pc can be downloaded by visiting. https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/p/unigram-telegram-for-windows-10/9n97zckpd60q?cid=msft_web_chart&activetab=pivot:overviewtab jaws scripts for unigram can be found at. https://dlee.org/unigram/ nvda addon for unigram can be found at. https://github.com/beqabeqa473/unigramAccess we then concluded the show by Warren introducing Pierre who talks of his Android Journey in the "My Story" segment of the podcast. As always, send us your suggestions, questions and concerns contactus@blindandroidusers.com To subscribe to our mailing list--"Blind Android Users" group, blindandroidusers+subscribe@groups.io to join our telegram group. https://t.me/joinchat/WNem1niJnDyxwnl7

ANDROID BASIC: In the “Android basic” segment, we discussed the general overview of the “Privacy, ““Permissions,” Account Activity” and more with focus on the first two items in that section—Accessibility Usage and “Dashboard” found on Pixel and stock devices in contrast to what is found on Samsung devices.

APP OF THE WEEK: For the “App of the week,” Warren appropriately demonstrated “Rumble.” https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rumble.battles&hl=en_US&gl=US

Announcements • We have a couple give-aways in the way of a couple promo codes to redeem on the Play Store for the Multilingual TTS. • We also have a Pixel Buds-A that we are giving away. • We want to thank both Mathew Brown and Joe Hodge for the latest support to the cause. • We appreciate each and everyone that has donated to the cause or is thinking about it. • Also, we want to thank those of you who are not able to donate something but still listen to us and read our forum emails. We are thankful to everyone! To donate to our cause, click this link https://www.buymeacoffee.com/blindandroid

APP OF THE WEEK: Austin demonstrate the Pixel buds app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.wearables.maestro.companion&hl=en_US&gl=US

warren closes the episode with a tip of the week.

Episode 98: An interview with Hugo Furtado, Dev of Wave Out from “Dream Waves.” This week, it’s all about that “audio navigation” using the “Wave Out” app from Dream Waves team as we sit down to a chat with Hugo Furtado about the app. Announcements • Our 100th episode will be on November 5, please join us live. to join us live and get the link, email us. • We also reached a new milestone with subscription to our YouTube Channel. SPOTLIGHT Hugo tells us all about Wave Out,” and audio navigation app intended for the blind. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.dreamwaves.waveout This is the list of ar Core compatible devices which Wave Out requires to run properly. https://developers.google.com/ar/devices Commentary Mariam brings us the next episode demonstrating the Commentary Screen Reader. Tip of the week. Warren brings us the tip of the week in which he shows us the 2 features which as of this recording are only available in the USA on Pixel 3a and higher which are Hold for me and Direct my call Staying in touch. support us on https://www.paypal.me/AlistonPinto To donate to our cause, click this link https://www.buymeacoffee.com/blindandroid Email us with suggestions or comments, contactus@blindandroidusers.com Send in your Android journey stories, myandroidjourney@blindandroidusers.com subscribe to our Email list, blindandroidusers+subscribe@groups.io join our Telegram group, https://t.me/+WNem1jjwjeXk3hYr follow us on Twitter, https://twitter.com/BlindDroidUsers subscribe to our Youtube channel youtube.com/blindandroidusers subscribe to our rumble channel. https://rumble.com/c/c-1771031 and join our Club on Clubhouse. https://www.joinclubhouse.com/club/blind-android-users timeline: 00:00.0 introduction 06:30.3 Announcements 09:14.9 Interview with Hugo Furtado from Dream Wave the makers of Wave out Audio Navigation 00:56:59 CSR new episode, how to disable key echo and the shake your phone 01:21:26 tip of the week, hold for me and direct my call

Episode 117: It’s all about Mobile World Congress 2023 This week, we discuss MWC 2023 Announcements • Thank you so much for the significant donations we have received this week. These encourage us to keep going and help us pay the website hosting bills! If you want to donate, you can do so by using any of the 2 links. Link 1. https://www.paypal.me/AlistonPinto Link 2. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/blindandroid • Google have a couple of research studies: If you can attend Google’s California offices in person and have experience of using smart doorbells, register your interest via this form. https://forms.gle/LQDDuFSj7ZScjuqV8 • There’s another in-person study relating to Google Lookout. Please register your interest by filling out this Form. https://forms.gle/WBRCwCAuyebQpEsY9 the lookout study is for android only. you will be compensated for your time. Spotlight We look at the announcements from Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023. We focus in particular on the Nokia G22 https://www.nokia.com/phones/en_gb/nokia-g-22/specs?sku=101S0609H002 and the Honor Magic5 Pro. https://www.hihonor.com/uk/phones/honor-magic5-pro/ Reference was made to. xiaomi 13 pro https://www.notebookcheck.net/Xiaomi-13-Pro-lands-globally-as-new-flagship-camera-smartphone.697596.0.html realmi 300 w charging phone https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/28/23618321/redmi-300w-charging-phone-under-five-minutes-xiaomi Question of the week We answer a listener question relating to making fingerprint activation more reliable. Android journey Angela joins us this week and tells us her Android story. Staying in touch. support us on https://www.paypal.me/AlistonPinto To donate to our cause, click this link. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/blindandroid Email us with suggestions or comments, contactus@blindandroidusers.com Send in your Android journey stories, myandroidjourney@blindandroidusers.com subscribe to our Email list, blindandroidusers+subscribe@groups.io join our Telegram group, https://t.me/+WNem1jjwjeXk3hYr follow us on Twitter, https://twitter.com/BlindDroidUsers join our Facebook group. https://m.facebook.com/groups/686947596105844/?refid=46&__xts__%5B0%5D=12.AbpfZyOhTPWTFHpBvWQdJf_G7_Cz7YNpIi-8HqT39WYUlM40GYpp6xatDGu3yoBemjeQqJE33_QzYTiOPXGQ690lIt_0g6PHRcwN2dbmSjD_svkFnP5y2b-IPEBrnkoz6gI_uHOFjtG7uvhudRYJc42B-3URyGKy-_yYWTdpYCgb2rb81P4n7ESKMrkDLRaBJ1pthKZteaTda66-3On8xEBe8Hvt0b7exS7sM7UT9WT32w-5CmDJrXHlozHpLN7Mr9fn_YwQ8RvSxvc00qW6uzCspp1hJ97MO0NtR2O7RDDILlulhVNQLEfkKVQLzMo9EY_oBYAipXYPvuUa3gPtyb1nsgQFwgFbcfnDDN-dqvyyhdVGLc10k3zvFuYYXkKZ9AGZo1VjVYkSBygzOQKDRAuXkiGNeazJqq_OCOs5DOZENluKoDtGgKisvZuV5v3eELjdOiJVMIw-2p72ZBIYxc7nwBJKwBLIgS4Kv6em1p4JwI25RAqo2HvTZ861ZLbWXhRtNm6tK1i3XfjKWt1mAqZvToPgGmyoxi9TDmeAvCU4WLHnLXLJF9-nZvhKYWP4qkT9g95DU9eMI2W1W_1EIZBCCVSCrAd44OMecdCLccCorZXBaX3PYqMYs8ZyREZE-4o&__tn__=%2As&paipv=0&eav=AfajmcdA5fUdHjRIDM6mKZlXDWOVU_Cw0TOdww3-B_ZZXrsmoNrFt67GPdWxpEOmtUs subscribe to our YouTube channel. youtube.com/blindandroidusers subscribe to our rumble channel. https://rumble.com/c/c-1771031 and join our Club on Clubhouse. https://www.joinclubhouse.com/club/blind-android-users join our discord server at. https://discord.gg/GuNVWWGTxx To register for discord on chrome, follow this guide. https://blindandroidusers.com/guide-to-registering-for-discord-on-chrome-browser/ timeline. 00:00 opening intro 06:28 Announcements 06:35 thanks for your donations 07:01 changes to our website 07:26 2 Surveys from google. 08:16 Warren thanks for donations 09:16 Warren explains more about google surveys. 10:53 Salih tells you about the accessible android app. 12:13 MWC 2023 13:22 Nokia G22 24:31 Honor Magic5 Pro 32:36 Xiaomi 13 Pro 37:00 the 300w charging phone 40:36 Ed's funny song 41:09 Motorola Defai emergency communication 46:44 the Rollable phone 49:10 Honor new battery technology 50:47 your question, our answer it’s all about fingerprint readers 64:38 my android Journey by Anjala